Margaret Thatcher
Politician
"The Iraqis had paid a terrible price for Saddam's folly (in the Gulf War). But looking at the devastation they left behind (in Kuwait), my sympathy was limited."
Devastation quotes
Devastation
28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Franklin Pierce
Politician
"I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22d and September 24th, 1862, prosecuted, as I must understand these proclamations, to say nothing of the kindred blood which has followed, upon the theory of emancipation, devastation, subjugation, it cannot fail to be fruitless in every thing except the harvest of woe which it is ripening for what was once the peerless republic."
Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"The devastation wreaked by landmines is not only horrendous but immoral"
Aung San Suu Kyi
Politician, Activist
"We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation."
Honore de Balzac
Novelist
"Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation."
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